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The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication : Volume I (Illustrated)

ByCharles Darwin

The object of this work is not to describe all the many races of animals which have been domesticated by man, and of the plants which have been cultivated by him; even if I possessed the requisite knowledge, so gigantic an undertaking would be here superfluous. It is my intention to give under the head of each species only such facts as I have been able to collect or observe, showing the amount and nature of the changes which animals and plants have undergone whilst under man's dominion, or which bear on the general principles of variation. In one case alone, namely in that of the domestic pigeon, I will describe fully all the chief races, their history, the amount and nature of their differences, and the probable steps by which they have been formed. I have selected this case, because, as we shall hereafter see, the materials are better than in any other; and one case fully described will in fact illustrate all others.

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Publication Date
Sep 23, 2013
Language
English
ISBN
9781304474100
Category
Science & Medicine
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
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By (author): Charles Darwin

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EPUB

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